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(No Model.)

C. P. SPENCER.

LAGING FOR GORSBTS, GLOVES, 5w.

No. 321,146. PatentedJune so, 1885,.

N. PETERS. Fhclo-lmogrnpher. Walhnglon. DV C.

NITE@ STATES ATENT EETCE.

CHARLES SPENCER, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ABRAM S. MANN ANDELBERT B. MANN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

LACING FOR CORSETS, GLOVES, 80C,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,146, dated June30,1835.

Application tiled December 6, 1884. (No model.)

To wl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. SPENCER, of the city of Rochester, in thecounty of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Lacings; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure lis a rearelevation of a corset showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlargedelevation of one of the cordbearings attached to a fragment of thecorset. Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionof Fig. 2 in line x x.

My improvement relates to lacings for corsets, gloves, shoes, Sto., butis more particularly applicable to corsets; and it is of that kind wherelacing-cords extend from side to side and pass around studs or bearingsat the edges of the slit.

The invention in this case consists in the combination, with a doublefly at the edge of the slit, of a bearinginserted between the sides ofthe fly, consisting of a roller, a washer on each side of the rollerinside the fly, and a washer on the outside of each side ot' the fly,and a lacing-cord passing from side to side around the rollers, all ashereinafter described.

In the drawings, A A show the two sides of the corset to be laced. Ateach side of the center slit at the rear of the corset is a.double fiyconsisting of two side flaps, aa, which `join together at-some littledistance back, thus forming an inclosure at the edge, which, however, isopen on the side next to the slit. Y

The bearings around which the lacing-cords pass are located between thesides of the fly as follows:

b is a shaft or pin on which thegrooved roller c turns freely. At theends this shaft is cut down or reduced in diameter, forming shoulders ff, which come j ust outside the sides of the roller.

g g are washers resting on thc reduced ends of the shaft, but inside theflaps of the iiy, and serving as the stops between which the roller runsand to keep it in place. These washers can press inward no farther thanthe shoulders f f. Therefore they hold the roller squarely between them,but allow it to run freely on the shaft.

h h are other washers on the reduced ends of the shaft, but locatedoutside the flaps a a' of the iiy, and serving as clamps to fasten thecloth between the .two sets of washers and to clamp the inner washersagainst the shoulders ff of the shaft, thus securing all rmly in place,with the rollers located inside the fly. The ends of the shaft b areriveted down in the outer face of the washers h h to secure the parts.The several bearings on opposite sides of the slit are locateddiametrically opposite each other, as shown. 1 v B is the lacing-cord,whichis made in a single length and doubled in the center. One half ofthis cord passes around the upper pulleys and the other half around thelower pulleys, and the loose ends meet in the center and pass out inopposite directions, as shown in Fig. 1, and by drawing on the ends inopposite directions the lacing can be drawn up. Among the advantages ofthis invention are the following: first, bythe use of a double iiy, or aiy having two flaps, the bearings are inclosed and covered from sightand shielded from harm, and the cords run much easier and better, andthere is much less tendency of the fabric to wrinkle as the sides aredrawn up; second, by the construction of the bearings as described theyare specially adapted to the above-described form of the iiy. Thisconstruction is such that the roller is confined between the flaps withguiding-washers to hold yit in place, while outside washers fasten tothe cloth and hold all the parts firmly.

Having described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a lacing, the combination, with a fly having two sides or iiapS,of a bearing consisting of a shaft, a roller on the shaft located insidethe fly, two washers on the shaft on opposite sides of the roller, alsolocated within the fly, andtwo washers on the shaft on the outside ofthe fly, serving to attach the bearing to the y, and a lacing-cordpassing from side to side around the rollers, substantially as setforth.

2. In a'lacing, the roller-bearing herein de- IOO scribed, consisting ofthe shaft b, provided In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 1o withthe shoulders f f, the roller c, resting my name in the presence of twosubscribing and turning freely on the shaft, the washers Witnesses. g g,resting on the reduced ends of the shaft 5 and forming guides forther011er,and the out- CHAS. F. SPENCER.

Side Washers, h h, for attaching the bearing to the fly, and alacing-cord passing from side to Witnesses: side around the rollers,asshown and described, Z. L. DAVIS, and for the purpose specified. R. F.OsGOoD.

